Indian skipper MS Dhoni shakes hands with fans at PCA stadium in Mohali on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
PU Polls
Candidates file papers
Chandigarh, September 1
Candidates contesting for the upcoming PU Campus Student Council poll filed their nominations here today.
Missing KV boys found
Chandigarh, September 1
Two Class IX boys of a Kendriya Vidyalaya went missing for five days after one of them was allegedly caught with a girl classmate in a toilet of the school. Their parents found them at the Sector 29 market here today.
DIG demoted despite court orders
Chandigarh, September 1
Despite the high court restraining the Central Government and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) headquarters from demoting a Deputy Inspector-General serving with the force, the officer has been reverted to his earlier rank of Commandant. This has drawn the HC’s ire.
Hummer without number plate
Bhajji fined Rs 3,000
Chandigarh, September 1
Perhaps off-spinner Harbhajan Singh doesn’t realise that “Two wrongs don’t make a right”. He first violated the law by driving his Hummer on the city’s roads without a valid registration number and then tried to cover up the folly by sticking a “paper plate” on the front bumper last night, but this didn’t prevent the police from fining him Rs 3,000 today.
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| A traffic police official in Hotel Taj, Chandigarh, after issuing a challan to cricketer Harbhajan Singh; and (right)
a government vehicle with curtains on its windowpanes. Tribune photographs |
Non-payment of Dues
PCA bank account seized
Chandigarh, September 1
In what could spell bad news for the Punjab Cricket Association, a local court has attached its account for non-payment of dues.
Tribune Impact
Probe marked into BPL cards scam
Panchkula, September 1
Following the news item “BPL cards for well off, too” published in The Tribune, the district administration has ordered an inquiry into the matter. While Panchkula Deputy Commissioner Pankaj Yadav refused to comment on the issue due to implementation of model code of conduct, sources in the administration said the probe has been ordered to find out the loopholes through which such families managed to get cards meant for poor.
Ayurvedic tips to tackle H1N1
Chandigarh, September 1
The UT Health Department is gearing up its activities to tackle H1N1 cases in Chandigarh. A preparedness review meeting on swine flu was held here today under the chairmanship of Health Secretary Ram
Niwas.
National award for GMCH doctor
Chandigarh, September 1
The National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) has awarded the prestigious Shri Ram Travel Fellowship Award for the year 2009 to Dr Gurjit
Kaur, associate professor of physiology department and consultant in charge of Genetic
Centre, GMCH-32.
Dr Gurjit Kaur |
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Tribune Impact
CITCO defers union leader’s promotion
Chandigarh, September 1
The Department Promotion Committee (DPC) of the Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO) today deferred the promotion of a "less-qualified" union leader, a senior assistant, to the managerial cadre.
Army-IAF expedition begins
Chandigarh, September 1
To commemorate 25 years of joint operations in Siachen Glacier, the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army are undertaking a joint motorcycle expedition from Siachen to New Delhi.
Contest to select budding traders held
Chandigarh, September1
A high-level team of top venture capitalists and business executives in the country yesterday got together to select budding entrepreneurs from the region and help them start up their ventures.
Assessment Mistake
4 PU staffers suspended
SOPU presidential nominee disqualified
Chandigarh, September 1
Four employees of Panjab University were suspended today for committing a “mistake” in the assessment of disqualified SOPU presidential candidate Rajwinder Singh Aulakh. The announcement was made at a press conference called in the Panjab University Vice-Chancellor’s office.
Stu-C abuzz with poll talks
Chandigarh, September 1
Such is the election fever at the Panjab University that has now gripped conversations over lunch, coffee and even the good old cup of “chai”. So don’t be surprised if for the next few days, all your ears gather election centric conversations at the Student Centre.
MCA girls enjoy food with the election gossips at Student Centre, Panjab University,
in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
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PUSU manifesto out
Chandigarh, September 1
The issues of provision of multi-lingual question papers and online fee submission for students were highlighted in the election manifesto of Panjab University Student’s Union (PUSU) today.
PUSU party candidates at the launch of party manifesto
in Panjab University on Tuesday. Tribune photo:
Pradeep Tewari |
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Nominations filed in colleges
Chandigarh, September 1
In league with their university counterparts, students of various colleges filed their nominations today for their respective students councils.
Bacchus lovers ride high
Chandigarh, September 1
A sarcastic smile coupled with the famous Bollywood one-liner “Ganda hai par dhanda hai yeh” is the way a Panjab University hostler described the drinking scenario in hostels during student council elections.
A beer can lying at the Student
Centre, Panjab University, in Chandigarh.
Tribune photo:
Manoj Mahajan |
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Cops guidelines for student leaders
Chandigarh, September 1
The police today held a meeting with the leaders of students’ organisation at police headquarters in Sector 9 here.
SD College students’ block road
Cops challan them for faulty parking
Chandigarh, September 1
A huge drama prevailed outside SD College, Sector 32, today where students blocked the entire road for about an hour following a heated argument with police officials when they challaned the students for faulty parking outside the college.
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